Daily NASCAR

by Holly Cain

Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Crashes

Before Ryan Newman’s horrific Talladega flip-roll-smash-and-slide on Sunday, there was Carl Edwards‘ car somersaulting into the front stretch fencing.

The late Dale Earnhardt had one of his most frightening accidents at Talladega Superspeedway, barrel-rolling through the tri-oval. Before that it was Ricky Craven and Bill Elliott on E-ticket rides. In 1993, driver Jimmy Horton’s car flipped over the Turn 1 wall and landed outside the track.

Rusty Wallace’s Talladega crash footage — pick a year — used to be standard play before any NASCAR restrictor plate race.

The point is — while there is a justifiable outcry at the scary accident involving Newman this weekend — spectacular, highlight-reel wrecks here aren’t news. They are old news.

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